H.S. wrote: > Hello. > > I am trying to print labels (actually raffle tickets) using a > spreadsheet as data source. The spreadsheet only has one column having a > number sequence in each row. These numbers become ticket numbers in the > labels. > > I have created a new user format label of 5 labels on a page (1 col. and > 5 rows). Synchronization is checked and the format is a whole page in > the creation options of this label. > > I created a new document for the labels, inserted a table of two colums > and one row (left column will be retained and right column will be given > to the participant) in the first label area and checked the synchronize > option to get all the labels populated in the same way. So far so good. > > Then I opened the spreadsheet as data source and inserted the "Ticket > Number" in the first label of the labels document and clicked > synchronize again. The field was inserted in all labels on the page. > > However, when I actually print (Print -> then choose to print a form) > and select some ticket numbers to be printed, I get the same number in > all labels on one page. So if I want ticket numbers from 1 to 10, I > should have 10 labels to be printed and thus two pages (5 labels per > page) with each label having a unique number. But I end up with 10 > pages, each page having five labels with the same data! > > What am I doing wrong? How do I fix this? > > This is on Debian Testing using openoffice.org 3.2.0. > > Thanks. >
The solution to insert the field "next record" at the end of the first label and then click on "synchronize" to apply to all labels on the sheet. This way the entry of the fields was correct. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
